2016 Tahoe 2nd Row swap

AmericanHoopty said:

Newbie here - bringing another seat swap thread...hoping to find some help. Have a 16 Tahoe LT, came with a bench seat and swapped out for captains chairs. I made the mistake of using seats out of an 18 (i think), and they fit great, until i needed to reconnect the power for the heated seats, etc. The harneses are different, and i haven't been able to find a way to fix that issue... That said, is there an adapter or a way to change the harness out on the seat side to match the vehicle? Anyone run up against this already.

I did search for similar issues already here, and the rest of google and haven't quite seen what I had hoped to find. Any help y'all can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the time and consideration...

If I need to dig those harnesses out and provide pics, can do...may just take me a while to get them uploaded.

Thanks again!

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jay2017Tahoe said:

I am in the same boat as you. I traded my 17 Tahoe power bench for captain seats and the driver side has a different connector. The passenger side was easy and mated without any issues.

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BlaineBug said:

Cut the connectors off, solder, and shrinkwrap. The quick-disconnect plugs are there for the assembly line, you'll be fine without them.

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jay2017Tahoe said:

View attachment 437749

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jay2017Tahoe said:

I am tempted to. The wiring coming from the seat has the same color and markings as those on the Tahoe harness.

But I need to double check and make sure I know which each wire does what.

Would have been nice if an adapter would have been made.

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jay2017Tahoe said:

left is Tahoe harness. Right is bucket seat harness. Same with wiring pics. View attachment 437749

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